Fake Language Song Becomes Viral – Belgium’s Entry into Eurovision 2008 (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) I have already posted about Dustin the Turkey – Ireland’s entry to the Eurovision song contest – but this one from Spain is just awesome. So awesome it has been taking over all the viral video charts. This in turn means it’s all kicking off already with the 2008 Eurovision Song Contest sporting shed…

Testing 52 Jobs in a Year – Sean Aiken’s One Week Job (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) Young adulthood is a difficult time, particularly when it comes to choosing a career path; it’s even more difficult to find a job which offers a sense of passion.

Instead of getting bogged down, Sean Aiken took this time to dabble with all sorts of different options, and do so publicly. He’s postin…

Tech To Let Anyone Sing Like a Pro – Microsoft’s MySong (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) Microsoft Research is developing a technology and software prototype called MySong that will have a huge impact on how amateurs, hobbyists and even starting musicians write music.

Basically, the software records your singing through a microphone, and it automatically and systematically generates a…

Cos-Play to Teach Geek’s English – Tokyo Cosplish School (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) A Tokyo school has just begun teaching an innovative new subject called Cosplish, a hybrid of the words “cos-play” and “English.”

The strange course focuses on three topics which have become increasingly popular among Japanese culture: the English language, manga, and costume-play. It’s centered ar…

Candle Cannon – Air Vortex Cannon For Erbert and Gerbert’s Birthday (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) I’m not sure what inspired this crazy thing, but it looks like a “blast”! (Ok – bad pun…) Erbert and Gerbert’s sandwich shops are turning 20 this year, so they couldn’t let the occasion pass by without a birthday cake. But to blow out the candles, they decided to really do it up right. They built …

Etch-A-Sketch Clock – Upgraded Toy Keeps Time (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) Etch-A-Sketch toys have been around for decades, but people seem to continually find new and creative uses for them. This video is a good example. Angela Yuan, a former member of a Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) Mini-Baja team, has come up with a clever Etch-A-Sketch clock. Based in part on t…

Bad Weather For Marketing – Free Zappos.com Raingear at SXSW

(TrendHunter.com) Apparently when it rains in Austin, it pours Zappos.com ads.

The online shoe retailing giants made their presence very prominent at SXSW in Austin in this week. Not exactly what I expected from the weather in Texas in mid-March, but apparently Zappos was prepared. Promoters stood at every entrance…

Music Video Shopping – GET Interactive Ad Venture Tech (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) Have you ever watched a music video and thought, “OMG, I love Nellie Furtado’s shirt… I want that!” Or, “Wow, Fergie has some crazy eye liner, I wonder where I can get that?” or “I want the cell phone Kanye West has too!” or the desire for any product in the clip? If yes, then you’ll love the fact…

Virtual Boyfriends & Girlfriends – V-Boy & V-Girl (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Ladies, are you tired of searching for that perfect man? Instead of just settling for someone to ease the sting of loneliness, protect your heart and preserve your dignity and scoop up a sexy V-Boy instead. (Oh yeah, and guys, there’s V-Girl.com for you.)

There are five virtual boyfriends to choose…

TV Show Influences Tech Fashion – Lipstick Jungle (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Last time we reported on Lipstick Jungle, a new TV show based on the book series by Candace Bushnell, we mentioned it would probably have a heavy influence on fashion, just like the Sex and the City series by the same author did. What we didn’t realize is how heavily it would be influencing tech tre…

Branson Helps You Hire a Private Jet – Virgin Charter (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) Richard Branson keeps making it easier for the world to travel in style. He wasn’t going to stop at Virgin Galactic; now he’s launched Virgin Charter, a new online service that lets the uber affluent charter private planes from anywhere in the world.

If the travel bug is crawling around under your…

Virtual Shoe Museum II – Whacked Concept Shoes (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) “Concept” designs are hot in cars, furniture, tech, etc. Fulfilling that need to fix that addiction to novel design ideas for those who also have shoe fetishes are these concept shoes.

The answer to all those questions you might be thinking when you look through this gallery is simply, “Who cares?…

Searching For Answers – Conspiracy Theory Film Zeitgeist (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) Conspiracy films seem to be popping up everywhere, teeming with facts on what the real underlying truth is and what the people in power don’t want you to know making them appealing to the one’s searching for the answers.

Zeitgeist is yet another one of those films, however what makes this one …

Snarky Animated TV Show Promo – Dirt Ads (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) To promote the new season of Dirt, a series of six really funky, animated clips were created featuring comic book style spoofs of the types of things you’d see in celebrity tabloids.

The ads created by Arsenal feature “vignettes of Hollywood stars and celebutaunts caught in the act of wild, unbeco…

Steam Powered Rowboat – New Boat Concept Lets Steam Do The Work (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) Although the actual boat, known as “Steam Rowboat II”, is still in the development phase, the proof-of-concept mechanism (AKA Steam Rowboat I) seems to work very well! Artist/inventor I-Wei Huang has also built many other steam powered devices, which are described on his website Crabfu.com. Unfortun…

Real Musical Robots You Control Online – Absolut Choir (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) Absolut has released another fun ad campaign to promote their world famous vodka, this time called Absolut Machines. We’ve featured one machine already, the Absolut Quartet already, but now we’re showing you the Absolut Orchestra.

The project is an amalgamation of cutting edge technology and the f…

Ultra Viral Internet Prank – Rick Rolling (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) An internet prank has rolled through the early stages of 2008. The fine art of “Rick Rolling” has now become a sought-after trait online.

The aim is to do what ever it takes to get your friends, family, coworkers or anyone for that matter, to view Rick Astley’s cheesy, ’80s pop music video, “Neve…

Geeky Celeb Ad – Mariah Carey Loves 802.11n (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) Sure we’ve heard of geeky celebrities like Josh Hartnett (major Star Wars fan), but Mariah Carey? She’s a nerd? According to her latest video for Touch My Body, you bet. Not only do the lyrics include geeky jargon, references to YouTube and video features of Guitar Hero and laser tag.

Flouncing ar…

FireFox on Steroids – Flock (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) Ever wonder what FireFox would look like on fox-steroids? Wonder no more.

Flock is here and the Flock rocks! Basically, it packages all of your social networking sites (Facebook, Flickr, YouTube etc) and RSS feeds seamlessly into one web 2.0 user-friendly browser. A feature that Flocks is the “m…

St. Patrick’s Day Viral – Irish Spring Body Wash

(TrendHunter.com) Irish Spring Body Wash is using St. Patrick’s Day as an excuse to launch a silly viral campaign.

Similar to Elf Yourself, Santa Swing and Move Your Lederhos’n, the campaign lets users upload their own photo. They get to select from a variety of facial accessories like mustaches and pipes, head pie…